Galatians 3:24
And so the law was our guardian in Christ, in order that we might be justified by faith.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
In Context
25But now that faith has arrived, we are no longer under a guardian.
Cross References
Acts 13:38Therefore, let it be known to you, noble brothers, that through him is announced to you remission from sins and from everything by which you were not able to be justified in the law of Moses.
Romans 7:7What should we say next? Is the law sin? Let it not be so! But I do not know sin, except through the law. For example, I would not have known about coveting, unless the law said: “You shall not covet.”
Romans 10:4For the end of the law, Christ, is unto justice for all who believe.
Galatians 2:16And we know that man is not justified by the works of the law, but only by the faith of Jesus Christ. And so we believe in Christ Jesus, in order that we may be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law. For no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.
Galatians 3:25But now that faith has arrived, we are no longer under a guardian.
Colossians 2:17For these are a shadow of the future, but the body is of Christ.
Matthew Henry on Galatians 3:20-29
Design of the Law; The True Children of Abraham. ( a. d. 56.) 19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. 20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. 21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. 22 But the scripture hath concluded… Read the whole commentary →